In the wise words of Eddie Murphy, Merry New Year.  We hope 2018 will bring space and energy to ignite the fires laid and sparked last year.  Big tings agwannin so ole tite, scream if you want to go faster.  The new year is ONNNNN.

Last chance saloon to show your support for the Finding Blake art-documentary exploring the legacy of William Blake in the current age.   The project’s crowd-funding campaign closes this Sunday, so spread the link to anyone and everyone who appreciates beauty, insight, and culture, embodied in Blake:  https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/finding-blake

SIN Cru’s very own Ben Swift from NonSINthetik is over the moon and the stars and the galaxies to be exhibiting at Spa Wars: All Things Star Wars this Saturday.  The team behind Leamington Spa’s award winning comic convention, Leam Comic Con, strikes back with the force that is Comic Connections, Oxfordshire’s longest running comic book shop, to curate a celebration of all things Star Wars.  Head down to All Saint’s Church, Leamington to meet cast members, take part in free themed table top gaming, browse the comics, collectibles, and art on offer from exhibitors including original limited edition work from NonSINthetik, take part in a galactic cosplay contest, meet Skywalker in the Christmas Grotto, meet professional costuming group The Joker Squad’s Star Wars gang, and watch the R2 Builders club’s robotic droids whizz round the venue.

Longtime SIN Cru friend and artistic associate, Hakeem Onibudo is presenting a political/ musical hip hop LIVEVIBE this Saturday at the Place.  LIVEVIBE is Hak’s original concept to offer young and emerging artists a performance platform alongside seasoned veterans.  This weekend’s edition of LIVEVIBE Samples & Interpolations, celebrates the iconic original music which has been sampled in popular songs we know today. Choreographers have been invited to approach from a hip hop angle to create their own artistic interpretations of the music given.  Tickets are available from the box office

Ockham’s Razor, the UK’s number one aerial circus theatre company are looking for physical performers aged 9-13 with some training in aerial, acrobatics / gymnastics or dance for the first stages of Research and Development for their new show.  Performers will spend a week devising theatre from the movement and images of circus, and performers should be prepared for experimentation and play.  Rehearsals will be held in Sydenham, South East London at MY AERIAL HOME (SE26 4PR) between 5-9 December 2017 and will be paid in line with Equity / ITC rates. Performers will not be called for the whole week but for one or two days each. We are happy to work around school hours and be as flexible as possible.

If you are interested, please send a brief cover letter of introduction explaining why you would like to be considered (and CVs, showreels if you have them) to Charlotte Mooney lottiemooney@gmail.com  If you fall just outside the age brackets but are still interested do get in touch.

The award winning, multi media creative James Murray-White is making a new three part film exploring the contemporary relevance of mystic painter-poet, William Blake.  Murray-White is working with the Leeds-based rapper Testament to draw parallels between Blake’s artistry and the hip hop makers of today.  Murray-White believes that Blake’s legacy is a pure vision of personal and societal enlightenment. He’s not prescriptive, but inspirational, through his poetry, images and engravings, and by his life. Murray-White believes Blake’s vision continues to enrich culture and those who wish to hear. As the filmmaker in residence at Cambridge University/ NHS dementia research Network, Murray-White is looking forward to filming the new headstone which being carved for Blake, here in Cambridge by master letter carver and stone mason Lida Kindersley MBE.  The crowdfunding campaign has been launched today:  https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/finding-blake    so please click the link, share and support.

TOMORROW hip hop legends Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Craig G, Mc Shan, and Roxanne Shante are live on stage in full effect, at the 02 Forum, Kentish Town.  Together in London for the first time in 20 years, the show promises to share history and inspire.  The Juice Crew were founded in 1983 by producer Marley Marl and DJ Mr Magic RIP.  They were a massive influence on Nas and many of his contemporaries, showing aspiring rappers that there was more to life than their neighbourhood drama, and that they could change their lives.

Trui Malten, Fly No Filter‘s most wonderful lighting designer, has been working with director Judith Lebiez and musical director Naomi Woo on Sāvitri, a tale of human passion and spiritual devotion. Based on an episode from the ancient Sanskrit epic, the Mahābhārata, Sāvitri is a stunning and evocative musical soundscape by the English composer Gustav Holst.  With 30 minutes of beautiful singing and a full orchestra emerging from the silence, Death warns Sāvitri that the time of her dear husband Satyavān has come.  Armed with compassion, wisdom, and the sheer power of love, Sāvitri engages Death in a battle to claim her husband.  But can one woman outwit even death?  The show opens tonight and runs until Saturday at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge.

The highly regarded Elementz Entertainments are holding auditions this Saturday.  They are looking for street/ hip hop/ commercial dancers who want to gain performance experience and intense training within the Street Dance styles.  Auditions are taking place this Saturday 7th October at Bodywork Dance Studios, Cambridge; 3 – 5pm Youth Company, 14-17yrs and 5 – 7pm Adult Company, 18yrs + . For more information, please email: info@elementzent.com

Catch some amazing spoken word witchery by Bella Basura at The Portland Arms tonight, 7.30pm – 11.00pm.  Bella is performing alongside Orryelle, 10 Digit Grid, and Warning Shadows in this benefit gig for Scarecrow Corner, Strawberry Fair 2018.  Bella is one of the regional artists collaborating with SIN Cru’s artistic director, Lucy, on the Scramble Ensemble development project, and has shared a mic with Lucy and Hannah Word3Floyd, on many occasions across the local spoken word circuit.